Mechanical pencil.



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948,124; Patented Feb.1,1910.

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ANDREW 5. GMHAM co. vuoTo-umoammina WASNINGTON 0 c GEORGE ARENDS, 0FMAYWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR '10 EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

MECHANICAL PENCIL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, With.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ARnNDs, of Maywood, county of Bergen, Stateof New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MechanicalPencils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanical pencils, such as propelling pencils,in which the lead is movable in the sheath or handle, and its object isto provide in the handle at small cost an eificient and convenientreservoir to contain a supply of loose leads, to replace when requiredthe lead in the writing end of the pencil.

I will first describe my improvement in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and will then point out more particularly in the claim thosefeatures which I believe to be new and of my invention.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly inlongitudinal section, of a propeller pencil embodying my improvement inits preferred form. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pencil.

A is the tubular sheet metal handle of the pencil.

B is the proand re-pelling movement secured in the front end of thehandle in any customary or convenient way and of the usual construction;6 is the rear end of the spirally grooved or slotted tube which constitutes part of the movement.

The sheet metal handle is cylindrical and open from end to end. Itsfront end is closed by the movement B. Its rear end is closed by aremovable cap C. In the rear portion of the handle is located an axiallycored cylindrical wooden plug D. The central cored portion at stopsshort of the inner end of the plug, which is solid, there being thusformed in the plug a central chamber closed at the bottom and adapted tocontain loose leads 6. This cored plug, which is of such shape anddiameter as to tightly fit the interior of the handle, is inserted intosaid handle from the rear end of the same (the cap being removed), andis then forced down into the handle the proper distance to allow leadsof desired length to be inserted and held in the chambered plug with outtheir ends interfering with the cap C. The outer end of the plug isbelow the rear end of the handle by at least a distance equal to thelength of the annular flange a of the cap which fits intothe rear end ofthe handle. And the lead containing chamber in the plug is shorter thanthe leads 6, so that while the latter will be contained entirely withinthe compass of the metal casing or handle A, their outer ends willprotrude beyond the plug, leaving at the same time, between them and themetal case, an annular space, which facilitates the handling of theleads and at the same time keeps them away from the metal case. Thisannular space is provided for by the walls of the chambered plug, whichare of such thickness as to effectively hold the protruding ends of theleads from contact with the interior of the handle, thus preventing themfrom rattling against the sheet metal wall of the handle when the pencilis in use. The plug is safely held in place in the handle by itsfrictional contact with the interior of the latter.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a mechanicalpencil a tubular sheet metal handle, a tight fitting wooden pluginserted and held in the rear portion of the handle and centrally coredfor a portion of its length to form a lead containing chamher with wallsof a thickness to hold the protruding ends of the leads away from thehandle, the outer end of said plug being below the open rear end of thehandle, and a removable cap fitting into that portion of the handleabove the plug and closing the open rear end of said handle, as and forthe purposes hereinbefore shown and specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ARENDS.

Witnesses OSCAR B. ANnnRsonN, EDWARD M. BEROLZHEIMER.

